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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free1929 - Read any book that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used.
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Points: 5
Total points: 50
BB: 3
GO: 2
(post #5)
Mike MA5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Baseball: History of America’s Game 3rd Edition by Benjamin Rader
Points this task: 5
Total points in challenge: 15
Books read: 3
10.2 - Bee's KneesRead a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
192 pages.
Points: 10
Total Points: 60
BB: 3
GO: 2
(post #6)
FLY Task #10.9 - Empress of the Blues
task: a word from a Bessie Smith song in the TITLE
book: I've Got Your Number
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "Got" in "I Ain’t Got Nobody"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 27/52
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 3
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Mary P5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Free choice
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Points this task: 5
Total points: 130
Brooklyn 10.1 – BINGO!
Read a book with all the letters BINGO in the title/subtitle
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60/840
Tasks completed: 11/52
Books read: 11
Brooklyn 10.2 – Bee’s Knees
Read a book with less than 200 pgs
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan – 118 pgs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70/840
Tasks completed: 12/52
Books read: 12
Jen K5.9 - WGY TV
The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion
Word: SEAT - SchEnecTAdy
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 705
IAF: 12
Jen K5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Forsaken Throne
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 710
IAF: 12
Brooklyn 10.3 – Freudian Slip
Read a book from the “psychology” listopia
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Found on pg 6
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80/840
Tasks completed: 13/52
Books read: 13
Brooklyn 10.4 – Wonder Drug
Read a book with a 4+ letter title word that can be made from the letters in PENICILLIUM NOTATUM
None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive by Carolyn Prusa
Word is NONE
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90/840
Tasks completed: 14/52
Books read: 14
Brooklyn 10.5 – Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series
A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
#5 in the Bromance Book Club series
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100/840
Tasks completed: 15/52
Books read: 15
Brooklyn 10.6 – It Girl
Read a book with IT or GIRL in the title/subtitle
The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110/840
Tasks completed: 16/52
Books read: 16
Brooklyn 10.7 – Black Venus
Read a book by an author found on the “A book by a woman of color” listopia
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Zevin is found on pg 1 with The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120/840
Tasks completed: 17/52
Books read: 17
Brooklyn 10.8 – Well, I’ll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed states
Beneath Cruel Waters by Jon Bassoff
Over 50% set in Colorado per GR description
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130/840
Tasks completed: 18/52
Books read: 18
Brooklyn 10.9 – Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word in its title that matches a word from the list of Bessie Smith’s song list
The Second Wife by Miranda Rijks
Word is SECOND from “I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle”
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140/840
Tasks completed: 19/52
Books read: 19
Brooklyn 10.10 – The Latin Lover
Read a book with a MPG of Romance
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150/840
Tasks completed: 20/52
Books read: 20
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has won an award.
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo (592 p.) *
* I would like to claim a BB ticket, please.
➸ Total Points: 115
➸ Total Pages: 3,678
Boston Kate
5.7 The Everest of Swimming
Immortality: A Love Story
It is set about 20% in Scotland and the rest in London
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - FOXLEASE
Option 2: Read a book with one of the words Peace, Vision or Power intact in the title or subtitle. I read The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask (target word POWER).
Total points so far: 640
Chris MD 5.6 Tennessee versus John Thomas Scopes
Book with a cover that shows a monkey or ape
by Elizabeth PetersTotal points: 735
Chris MD 15.8 Can You Feel It?
Book from the Blind/Deaf/Mute list
The Miracle Worker: A Play by William Gibson
#29 on the first page
Total points: 750
Chris MD 25.2 Playing Doubles
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
U-D in DoUbles
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 245 pages.
Book 2: First published in 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
Careless Whiskers by Miranda James
This book was first published January 2020.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 307 pages.
Both books have more than 220 pages.
Total points: 775
Chris MD 25.7 Where in the World Am I?
Option A3 - Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in ESTONIA, or LATVIA or BELGIUM
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Ann Lamott
AL in LAtvia
This book has 272 pages
Option B3 Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in CHICAGO
Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
AC in ChicAgo
I read the Kindle edition but linked to the top paperback, which has 400 pages.
400 + 272 = 672 total pages
Total points: 800
5.1 Votes for Women - book by female authorThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Points: 5
Total/challenge: 460
5.8 And the Winner Goes To... book that has won an awardTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Won Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2022),
Points: 5
Total/challenge: 465
10.1 BINGO - all letters of bingo found in title/subBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
B-Biattle
I-tIger
N-hymN
G-tiGer
O-Of
Points: 5
Total/challenge: 475
Sarah E5.1 - Votes For Women
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is La paradoja de Atlas
Total Points: 535
Sarah E5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
The Atlas Six
Over 50% set in England. From the GR description "...they travel to the Society’s London headquarters."
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Atlas Six
Total Points: 540
Task 5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeRead any book that meets SRC rules.
Spin: A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story (2021) by Peter Zheutlin (Hardcover 277 pages)
265 + 05 = 270
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 265 + 05 = 270
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,610
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sarah E5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Astray - won the Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections (2013)
I listened to an audio, MMP is Astray
Total Points: 545
Sarah E10.2 - Bee's Knees
Sea Sick (Ravaged World Trilogy, #1)
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Sea Sick - 192 pages
Total Points: 555
Sarah E15.1. Pick your century!
Option B: first published in 1720 - 1729
Gulliver's Travels - first published 1726
I read an ebook, top MMP is Gulliver's Travels
Golden Oldie, first published 1726. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Option D: first published in 1920 - 1929
The Black Moth - first published 1921
I read an ebook, top MMP is The Black Moth
Golden Oldie, first published 1921. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 570
Total GOs: 5
Sarah E25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1: TWO DOUBLES
The Empire
I read the kindle edition, top hardcover - no PB or MMP - is The Empire - 400 pages
Book 2: First published in 2020
Spellbreaker
I read the kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Spellbreaker - 290 pages
Total Points: 595
MEGAN F. 50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Read three books, one from each of the following options. The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Book 1: Old Ways vs. New Habits
Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Brave New World - Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley, 268 pages
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
A Very Merry Bromance - Lyssa Kay Adams (published 2022), 358 pages
Book 3: Clean Slate: You Are the Author of Your Own Story
B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate."
The Ex Hex - Erin Sterling, 384 pages
268 + 358 + 384 = 1009
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 230
Mod
20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Fiction - Animals: Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Points This Post: -20
Total Points: 380 - 20 = 360
Total Tasks Completed: 27-1 = 26
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Posted in the discussion thread, posts #13
This book was first published in 1886 so I claim a Golden Oldie ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 360 + 20 = 380
Total Tasks Completed: 27
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 2 + 1 = 3
It's a Fact: 13
Mod
Read a book that was nominated for the group read for Winter 2022-2023, in a different category than the book you used for Task 20.10.
I have counted the Gutenberg Classic for 20.10 & was allocated the category Comedian Memoir/Biography as my "cannot read" category
Remarkably Bright Creatures
This was in the Animals category
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 380 + 15 = 395
Total Tasks Completed: 28
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 13
babbling c20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option B: Read a book with the word SUFFRAGE or VOTE in the title or subtitle. Variations that maintain the meaning of the word can be used, including plurals and possessives.
The Scandalous Suffragette - kindle The Scandalous Suffragette - paperback pg 288 by Eliza Redgold
Suffragette
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 280/840
Completed Tasks: 23/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 9,314
Books read this season: 25
babbling c15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. The letters can appear either forward or backwards, and the final N wraps to the beginning
Push - Audible Run! - paperback 368 by Eve Silver
NEWYEARSResOLUTION
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 295/840
Completed Tasks: 24/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 9,682
Books read this season: 26
Mod
Read two books, one each from 2 different options.
Option 3: Read a book with the MPG of True Crime
A False Report
This book has MPG of Crime > True Crime
This book is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Option 6:Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction
The Beekeeper's Promise
This is found on pg 3 (#248) on the list
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 395 + 30 = 425
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 13 + 1 = 14
Sarah E25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Book A
Option 3: Author initials in ESTONIA
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - 440 pages
Book B
Option 3: Author initials in CHICAGO
Tennis Shoes and the Feathered Serpent by Chris Heimerdinger - 329 pages
440 + 329 = 769 pages
Total Points: 620
30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7thRead two books, one each from 2 different options. REQUIRED: State the options you used.
Option 3: Read a book with the MPG of True Crime. Genre may be embedded.
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich
Option 6: Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction
My book was on page 3 of the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. I listened to the audio. mmp in another language: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Claiming:
It's a Fact ticket: Nonfiction book: When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich
Big Book: The Rose Code
mmp ("Roskoden") = 623 pages, link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Points: 30
Total points: 90
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 1
It's a Fact 1
(post 7)
20.6 Right to Vote-Opt 2 - NF genre with History genre
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
Claiming It a Fact ticket
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 495
Christine V5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Twist of a Knife
Points this post: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
That's it for me for the Winter Season. Thanks for a fun challenge, and a big thank you to moderators present and future for making the SRC happen!
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 2: The Christmas Letters
It is found on page 4
Option 3: Blankets
Totals
Points: 190
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Completed: 17
10.4 - Wonder Drug
The Great AloneThe word is ALONE
Totals
Points: 200
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 18
JEN B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN.
The Second Chance Supper Club by Nicole Meier
NM in oilMaN
TOTAL POINTS: 535
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Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
"Christmas" is the third term on the Main Page Genre list.
GOLDEN OLDIES, published 1843 - ADDED too late?
Points: 5
Total points: 45
BB: 3
GO: 2
(post #4)